Extension:Contributors

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Contributors Release status: unmaintained
Implementation	User activity , Special page
Description	Summarizes the most prominent contributors to an article
Author(s)	Rob Church (original), Yaron Koren, Ike Hecht
Latest version	2.1 (2023-09-22)
Compatibility policy	Master maintains backward compatibility.
MediaWiki	1.35-1.39
PHP	7.3+
Database changes	Yes
Tables	contributors
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download	Download extension Git [?]: Download Git master browse repository (GitHub) commit history repository contributors (GitHub) code review
Parameters $wgContributorsLinkUsers
Hooks used ArticleRevisionVisibilitySet LoadExtensionSchemaUpdates PageSaveComplete ParserFirstCallInit SidebarBeforeOutput SkinTemplateToolboxEnd
Quarterly downloads	3 (Ranked 137th)
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Issues	Open tasks · Report a bug

The Contributors extension provides an includable special page which summarizes the most prominent contributors to an article. The page can be accessed as a normal special page, or included into other pages to provide an automated list, which is useful for attribution.

Installation

• Download and move the extracted Contributors folder to your extensions/ directory.
  Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:cd extensions/
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/Contributors
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  wfLoadExtension( 'Contributors' );
  

• Run the update script which will automatically create the necessary database tables that this extension needs.
• Run the script that will populate the database with contributors from existing articles:

php extensions/Contributors/maintenance/PopulateContributorsTable.php

•  Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

• upgrade: php extensions/Contributors/maintenance/PopulateContributorsTable.php

Usage

The list can be accessed as a conventional special page, or through inclusion into another page.

Special page

The special page is located at "Special:Contributors" and provides an interface to select an article. You can also access this page using the "main contributors" link in the toolbox when viewing an article; the results for that page will be shown.

Transclusion

You can transclude a list of names into another page using the inclusion mechanism, e.g.

{{Special:Contributors/Article}}

You can also create a template with the following code on it, and add it to your articles.

{{Special:Contributors/{{FULLPAGENAME}}}}

will produce a list of the most prominent contributors to Article.

Parser function

There's also a parser function that displays the contributors in a plain list, like so: Joe, Moe and Jane.

{{#contributors:{{FULLPAGENAME}}}}

You can also filter anons from the list of contributors, like so:

{{#contributors:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|filteranon}}

Parameters

• $wgContributorsLinkUsers links the user names to their User page. Doesn't affect the Special page, which is always linked. (default true)

See also

• Extension:PageAuthors - Gets a sensible list of the main page authors.
• Extension:ContributionCredits - adds a ==Contributors== footer on each page.
• Extension:Semantic Extra Special Properties - See property _EUSER.
• Manual:$wgMaxCredits - displays credits without requiring an extension, appending ?action=credits to the url builtin MediaWiki feature